Presidential Order of Merit

The Award Is the Highest Honor in the Personal Gift of SWOSU's Chief Executive

List of Recipients

2018

• Harvey Minton, Class of 1964, SWOSU Foundation, Inc. Board of Trustees
• Homer Ryan, Class of 1963, SWOSU Foundation, Inc. Board of Trustees
• Don Weeks, Classes of 1978 and 1980, SWOSU Foundation, Inc. Board of Trustees

2016

• Blaine Boyd, Class of 2014, Director of Correspondence for First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama

2015

• Henrietta Mann, Class of 1954, Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribal College
• Everett Dobson, Class of 1981, Dobson Technology Partners
• Bill Bernhardt, Class of 1947 and 1948, SWOSU Foundation, Inc. Board of Trustees
• Leroy Lage, Class of , City of Watonga, Oklahoma
• Sage Kimzey, Professional Bull Rider

2014

• Dennis Wiley Williams, Class of 1978, State of Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services, Visual Services Division

2013

• Ray Dean Linder, Class of 1957, District Judge, Division 1, Fourth Judicial District of Oklahoma

2012

• Henry Kirkland, Jr., Class of 1969, SWOSU Department of Biological Sciences

2006

• Ed Berrong, Jr., Class of 1961, Former Mayor of Weatherford, Oklahoma
• Lisa Birdwell, Class of 1990, Assistant District Attorney
• Mike Brown, Class of 1978, Mayor of Weatherford, Oklahoma
• Randy Cumby, Class of 1973, Former President of Western Oklahoma State College
• Ricky McPhearson, Class of 1984, Assistant District Attorney
• James Utterback, Class of 1978, Former President of Seminole State College
• Joe White, Class of 1967, Former President of Carl Albert State College
• Albert Gray, Class of 1974, Chief Executive Officer of The Children's Center

2004

• Marseda Garrison, Class of 1967, Former Regent, Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges
• Randy Beutler, Class of 1983 and 2002, Former Oklahoma Legislator and 17^th President of SWOSU
• Debbie Blackburn, Class of 1973, Former Oklahoma Legislator
• Ray McCarter, Class of 1974, Former Oklahoma Legislator
• Kathleen Wilcoxson, Class of 1970, Former Oklahoma Legislator
• Purcy Dale Walker, Class of 1975, Former Oklahoma Legislator
• Gary Lumpkin, Class of 1968, Vice-Presiding Judge of the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
• Bobby Lee Blackburn, Jr., Class of 1973, Executive Director of the Oklahoma Historical Society
• Charley Ellis Boyd Cabaniss, Class of 1969, Associate District Judge, Washita County, Oklahoma
• Jim Maddox, Class of 1962, Former Oklahoma Legislator
• Jack Bonny, Class of 1962, Former Oklahoma Legislator
• Yvonne Kauger, Class of 1959, Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court

---